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TWO MOTTLED GREEN AND GREY JADE DISCS, SHANG DYNASTY (12TH CENTURY BC), AND FOUR JADE SEAL BLANKS
comprising of a cream and dark green bi-type disc with wide centre opening; a grey jade with dark clouds carved as a flat circular disc, narrow with large centre opening, drill hole through the upper level; a creamy white jade quadrangular seal or weight; a similar smaller seal of a creamy white jade; a mottled yellowy, green and brown quadrangular jade seal; and a red-brown stone with areas of cream of similar seal form -- The First, 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) wide. (6)
comprising of a cream and dark green bi-type disc with wide centre opening; a grey jade with dark clouds carved as a flat circular disc, narrow with large centre opening, drill hole through the upper level; a creamy white jade quadrangular seal or weight; a similar smaller seal of a creamy white jade; a mottled yellowy, green and brown quadrangular jade seal; and a red-brown stone with areas of cream of similar seal form -- The First, 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) wide. (6)
Provenance
First and Second: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963; Third: J.T Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1966; Fourth: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 15th May 1963; Fifth: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, before 1966; Sixth: Acquired prior to 1978.
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